date:Jun 30, 2012
to identify the origin of the adulteration, especially since in many cases producers were farmsteads whose products would be consolidated with other supplies in large warehouses, said Bolliet.
Criminals fool standard detection methods
In addition, some of the criminals who were engaging in the process of adulteration were so sophisticated, they were able to fool standard detection methods for adulteration.
For example, a common way of detecting synthetic compounds was to use a radiocarbon and